Movable garment-support.



L. G. DOME, W. FREEMM & A. VANDERVELD.

MOVABLE GARMENT SUPPORT. APPLIOATIOIK EILEI) JULY 3, 1909.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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I MOVABLE GARMENT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULYS, 1909.,

941,502, Patented Nov. 30. 1909.

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MOVABLE GARMENT SUPPORT. APPLICATION IiLED mus, 1909.

Patnted Nov. 30, 1909.

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LEON G. DODGE, WILLIAM. FBEE1VIAN.AND ANTHONY VANDER'VELD, F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS TO GRAND RAPIDS SHOW CASE COMPANY, 015

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A C0RPORA'IDION OF MICHIGAN.

I MOVABLE GARMENT-SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, LnoN- fir. DODGE, WILLIAM FREEMAN, and ANTHONYYANDER- vELD, citizens of the United States of Americe, residing at Grand Rapids, .in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Movable Garment-Supports; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to. make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in' movable garment su ports for show cases, wardrobes, and the hke, and its object is to provide the same with improved means for movably supporting the carriage; means for automatically locking and releasing the ro- .tary support; means for automatically mov- 7 ing the carriage, and with various new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a device embodyingour invention; Fig. 2 a plan view of the carriage mechanism; Fig. 3 a side elevation of the same with arts broken away;

Fig. 4; an enlarged detai in vertical section of the upper part of the column and the central portion of the spider; Fig. 5 a sectional detail of the forward end of the car- I riage mechanism with the carria 'e in forward position; Fig. (i the same of the rear end of the same withthe carriage in rear position; Figs; 7 and 8 details of the locking head on the lower end of the shaft 7. Fig. 9 a transverse sectional detail of the carriage 4,0 mechanism; Fig. 10 a perspective detail of a.

portion of the mechanism at i'illOflOIliJ of the case; Fig. 11 the same at the rear of the case; Fig. 12 a detail in verticalsection on the line 12.12 of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 13 the same on the line 'l313 of Fig. 2.

Like numbers refer to like parts the figures.

1 represents the case, of any convenient dimensions and character, having a bottom 2 spaced apart from the floor, and-provided with a slot 3 extending from near the centerin all of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1909. Serial No. 505,815.

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of the case to the front thereof, in which slot is movably supported a-hollow column 4, and on the top of which column is mounted a rotative spider 5, having radiating arms supporting bars (.3 arranged pa 1" allel to each other and spaced apart, on which bars the clothing is hung by any convenient means, not shown.

7 is a shaft in the axis of the column t rigidly attached to the spider 5 at its upper end and having a rigidly attached cupshaped head 8 attached at its lower end, provided with recesses 8 at opposite sides, ongaged by a latch 33 to lock the spider with the rods 6 extending parallel with the length of the case, and thusprevent contact of the i rods with the case and accidental damage to the same. To freely rotate the spider on the column, the top of the column is enlarged and provided with a ball bearing 38 supporting the spider which is held down there- -on by a collar 35 on the shaft 7 below a bushing 36 in the top of the column, and a ball bearing is interposed between the collar and bushing to prevent friction.

The column i'is mounted on a carriage 9, which carriage is supported upon rotative axles 10 havin v a rolling contact with the underside of t e sides of the carriage, to avoid friction in moving the latter. Fixed on the respective ends of the axles 10 and outside the carriage, are wheels 11, which wheels traverse the inwardly projecting lower flanges of channel bar tracks #14. Rollers 12 are also fixed on the outer sides "of the carriage which engage the underside of the upper flanges of the tracks 14, and

hold the carriage from tilting upon the axles. By means of this rolling arrange ment of the axles beneath the carriage and the wheels rolling on the lower flanges of the tracks, a practically frictionless movement of the carriage is. accomplished. To prevent lateral movement of the carriage, the wheels 11 run adjacent to guide ribs 14: in the tracks 14, as shown in Fig. 12.

To maintain the axles 10 in parallel relation and properly spaced apart, a frame of angle iron 13 is provided within the carriage and having recesses or notches to engage the axles and hold the same in proper relation, and permit free rotation thereof. To maintain these tracks in proper relation, they are each supported by the case at the front end as at 15, and at therear ends are mounted on the respective ends of a rocker bar 16, pivotally supported at the middle on a knife edge projecting from a plate 28 attached. to the rear of the case. The tracks are thus on a three oint support, and maintained in proper re ation regardless of any distortion of the casein which they may be supported.

17 is a rod extending from front to rear of the case and fixed midwa between and parallel to the tracks 14. (.n this rod at the rear of the carriage is mounted a compressible coiled spring 17, which when the carriage is released, propels the same toward the front of the case To hold the carriage in rearward position, a downwardly projecting arm 25 is rovided projecting from a slide 31 attached to the carriage, against which arm the spring l figl'operates to propel the carriage forward, and which arm is provided with a shoulder 25*?[engaged by a corresponding shoulder 24 on'a latch bar 21 pivoted at the rear end as at .22, and verticall y movable at the front end, being there supported upon a spring 39 and provided with a push rod 23, whereby the 5 ring normally maintains engagement 0 the; described shoulders, as shown in. Fig. 6; and when the latch bar is depressed by the push rod 23, the shoulders are disengaged and the carriage released. I

On the front end of the rod 17 is a buffer spring 19 to engage the arm 25 and-receive,

the impact of the carriage-when it reaches the front of the case. \Vithin this buiier spring 19, is a weaker spring 20, which serves to move the carriage back a short dis- ,tance for locking the rotative spider and supporting rods, as illustrated in'll-ig. 5, and is manually compressed for releasing the same. For this locking purpose, a bar 26 is secured to the rear plate 28 at one end, and extends through the slide 31 to near the ttront of the case and parallel with the tracks and movement of the carriage. This bar is carried upona roller 30 and supports the latch 33 in engagement with one of the recesscs 8 by means of a roller 32 journaled in the latch and traversing the upper side of .the bar. At the front end this bar is reduced at its upper side and provided with an incline 27, and when it is desired to rotate the spider for the purpose of reversing the position of the rods 6, the carriage is manually brought forward to the limit, the inner spring 20 compressed sufiiciently to permit the rod 32 to run down the incline 27, and

the latch drops out of engagement with the recess 8, the spider andarms, together with senses the shaftman then be rotated one half of a revolution, the carriage being released, the spring 20 will move the carriage back sufficient to traverse the roller 32 up the incline 27 and reengage the latch with the recess. Should the said rotation be more or less than one half, the head will hold the latch down and lock the carriage in forward posi- 'tion, so that the carriage cannot run back, except when the rods are in a proper and safe position.

What we claim is 1. A garment support comprising a movable column, a rotative garment support carried by the column, a. recessed head rigidly connected to said support and rotativc therewith, a latch to engage the recess of the head, and means to engage and disengage the latch operated by movement of, the column.

A garment support, comprising a hollow column, a garment supporting member rotatively mounted on the column, a shaft fixed in the said member androtative in the and. alatch to engage the recess in the head and hold the same from turning. 3. A garment support, comprising a rotative garment supporting member, a column supporting said member, a carriage on which the column is mounted, a shaft attached to saidmember and rotative in the column, a head fixed on the shaft and having recesses, and a latch mounted on the carriage and on from turning.

4. A garment support, comprising a col ham, a spider rotative on the column, parallel bars spaced apart and supported by the spider, a shaft fixed in the spider and rotalive in the column, a head having recesses at opposite'sides and fixed on the shaft, and'a latch to alternately engage *the recesses. whereby the bars may be reversed and held in each position.

-5. A garment support, comprising a column, a spider rotativeon the column, parallel bars supported by the spider and spaced and the spider, a shaft lined in the spider and rotative in the axis of the column, a bushing in the column, a collar on the shaft and below the bushing, a ball hearing between the collar and bushing, and releasable means for holding the spider at intervals i'rom turning on t- 10 column.

,6; A. garment support, comprising a carriage, a column mounted on the rarriage, a rotative garment support mounted on the column, a head'connccted lo the support. and rotativc therewith and also having recesses. 'a latch pivoted on the carriage and adapted l to engage the recesses and hold the garment column, a recessed head fixed on the shaft,

apart, .a. ball bearing between the column.

gaging the recesses to hold the saidmember support from turning, hythe latch and holding the latch in engagement with recess in the head, said bar also having areduced portion to release latch troni fthe recess.

7. A garment support, comprisinga carriage, arotative garment supporting memberniounted on the carriage, a

head rigidly attached to the said member and 'havingrethe slide; a latch pivoted on gaging the recesses cesses, a slide on the carriage, a bar extendmg beneath the carriage and traversed by riage, a rotative garment supporting member mounted on the column, a shaft fixed in said member and rotative in the column, a

head fixed on, the shaft and having a downwardlyprojecting flange provided with re cesses, a latch pivoted on the carriage and engaging the flange and recesses, a bar supporting the latch and traversed thereby the recesses, said bar also having a reduced portion and an incline whereby the latch is released from the recesses and the carriage held from moving when the latch engages the flange.

t). A gz'irn'ient support, comprising a carriage, a rotative garment supporting mem-- her mounted on the carriage, a recessed head rigidly connected to the said member and rotativc therewith and also having recesses to receive a latch, aslide on the carriage, a

bar beneath the carriage and traversed the slide, saidba'r havinga reduced upper portion'and an incline at one end, a roller,

journaled. inthe slide traversing the under side of the bar supporting the same, aylatch pivoted on the slideand engaging the head and recessestherem, and a roller supporting the latch and traversing the upper side of the barand the incline thereoff,

10, A garment support,-coinprising a car riage, a garment support, mounted thereon rotative axles supporting the carriage and having rolling contact therewith, Wheels fixed on the axles, tracks traversed by the Wheels. and rollers iournaled on the carriage and engaging the tracks to hold the carriage from .tiltin 'l i. A garment supp'ort, comprising a carriage, a garment supporting member mounted dict-eon. rotative axles supporting the carriage and having rollingcontact therewith, wheels fixed on. the-respective ends oi" the axles, channel bar tracks embracing the wheels and supporting the HPll'llG upon their lower flanges, and rollers journalecl on the and a bar traversed the the slide and ening device.

carriage and en aging the under side of the upper flanges ot the t acks.

12. A garment support, comprising a carriage, a garment supporting device mounted on the carriage, rotativc axles having rolling contact with the carriage and supporting the same, a frame having recesses in which the axles are rotative and spaced apart: in parallel lines, wheels fixed on the respective ends of the axles, Wheels, and means for holding the carriage down upon the axles. i A garment support, comprising a carriage, a garment supporting device mounted on the carriage, parallel tracks at the respective sides of the carriage and mounted on three points of support Wheels traversing the tf racl'ts, and a case inclosing the tracks, carriage, and said garment support- 14. A garment support, comprisinga carriage, a garment.supporting device mounted on the carriage,-Wheels supporting the carriage, tracks traversed by the Wheels, a rod extending beneath the carriage and parallel with the tracks, an arm on the carriage traversing the rod, a spring on the rod entracks traversed by the gaging thearm to propel'the carriage, and;

a buffer spring on the rod to engage the arm and stop the carriage.

15. A garment support, comprising a carriage, a garment supporting device mounted on the carriage, tracks traversed by the carriage a rodparallel with the tracks, an arm on the carriage traversing the rod, :1 spring on the rod and engaging the arm to propel the carriage. and a latch bar to engage the arm and ho d the carriage with the spring under tensi 'n. f

16. A garment;support, romprisinga carriage, a garment Supporting device rotatively mounted on the carriage, tracks supporting the carriage. a rod beneath the carriage and parallel with the tracks, an arm on the carriage traversing the rod, a spring on the rod engaging the arm to propel the carriage, a latch bar to engage the arm and hold the carriage against the spring, a butler spring on theroda latch to hold the garment supporting device from turning. a bar to support the latch and having a reduced end and an incline to release and reengage the latch, and a butter spring on the rod to engage the arm and movethe carriage to automatically rhngage thelatcli.

17. A garment support, comprising riage, a rotative garment supporting device mounted on the carriage and havin a head fixedly attached thereto and provi ed with.

a recessed flange, a latch mounted on the" carriage to engage the flange and recesses,'a bar and a rod extending parallel with the movement ofthecarriage, the bar having u reahwod upper side and an incline at (we vml. 2| roUor on the 12111012 traversing the up pvr aide of H10 bar to upmute the 121N311. z wring on (he! rod to propel the cau'ria v l'mflvr spring on the rod opposifvly null (he propelling spring, and a 1:111:11 but hold [he :mrringe with H10 pimp" Mug 5: compressed.

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